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• Now, it's subject to inflation, and it's changed every year in terms of adjusting for inflation.
• Our university at McNeese certainly has benefited from that, but your impact on the state of Louisiana
• Clearly, the 12 years you spent on the UL board have a statewide impact also.
• willing to continue to give back your time and contribute in a place where I think you make a big impact
• willing to continue to give back your time and contribute in a place where I think you make a big impact

Bills: HB9 , HB177 , HB181 , HB202 , HB225 , HB398 , HB459 , HB540 , HB906 , HB1052 , HB1057 , HB1245

Committee: Senate Senate & Governmental Affairs

Keywords: HB 9, HB9, Act 527, Shreveport, Stuffed Shrimp Capital, state symbol, Louisiana symbols, municipal designation, honorary title, cultural designation, tourism, local pride, seafood, shrimp, stuffed shrimp, cuisine, city branding, Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:170.26, court reporter, official court reporter

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• under the word virtue, I am pleased to introduce the body today a young man who has made a meaningful impact
• of Tourism, I can tell you that what the gentleman said is true, that this is ...the second most impactful
• acted in 1990. $7, which was initially acted in 1994, and it provides for an annual adjustment for inflation
• We are grateful for their service, their dedication, and the positive impact that they have had throughout
• I thought maybe I'd give you an opportunity to speak on the impact that this bill has had in other states

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• The impact of that and how many units they would actually create.
• You know, our regulations, our regulatory issues don't only impact homebuilders.
• It impacts every aspect of business, I think.
• Do with a specified amount of money and what populations it will impact.
• We know $10 million will make a big impact on our shovel-ready projects.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• still working on that through the Senate side. does, and you look into the FIR, there's not a fiscal impact
• And I'm wondering what impact that would have on your projection for cost and facilities.
• Santa Fe. but when we get home, let's build all can build this kind of advocacy that it takes to impact
• And if you look at that report on how much cost and How much inflation has played on public construction
• And more importantly, I just want to end with The impact is felt by the rural communities.

Bills: HM26 , HB243 , HB109

Committee: House House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Keywords: insects, ecosystem, education, public awareness, wildlife conservation, state agency involvement, New Mexico, equine welfare, animal rescue, shelter funding, trust fund, veterinary care, water project fund, water project finance act, New Mexico Finance Authority, water infrastructure, water grants, water loans, regional water planning, water rights adjudication

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• Recommendations: The first of which is high impact tutoring.
• LAC recommended 36 million for high impact tutoring, 10.2 million a year for three years.
• You all heard about high impact tutoring at your meeting in Las Vegas; a very impactful program for especially
• I think it would be a little bit of a challenge to pass a law because the impact of passing a law, or
• And again, line 21 is fixed costs that we all use a calculator essentially to say what's the inflation

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• The first of which is high-impact tutoring.
• LAC recommended $36 million for high-impact tutoring. $2 million a year for three years.
• You all heard about high-impact tutoring at your meeting in Las Vegas; a very impactful program for especially
• I'm concerned about the $15 million in high-impact tutoring, which is a proven mechanism for improving
• I think it would be a little bit of a challenge to pass a law because the impact of passing a law or

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• </c> thinking about how to not be impacted thinking about how to not be impacted and<03:24:03.520><c>
• c><04:15:47.520><c> than</c> focuses on impacts rather than focuses on impacts rather than attempting
• There's a no-impact where there's presumably no impact to the community, and then there's a low-impact
• </c><04:17:48.399><c> no</c> impact where there's presumably no impact where there's presumably no impact
• I mean, yes, you could have, let's say, a hairdresser considered low impact, maybe no impact, but you

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

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• our economy for years to come. and impact our economy for years to come.
• I don't, but I would assume it's just a cost of building materials and goods and inflation.
• It is an annual positive impact of... Yes, follow up, Senator Hicks. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Again, we see this; it's a non-fiscal, there's not an impact.
• This has a direct impact on child wellbeing.

Bills: HB3257 , HB3176 , HB3544 , HB3619 , HB3546 , HB1782 , HB2293 , HB4358 , HB3081 , HB3983 , HB3790 , HJR1023 , HB4139 , HB3297 , HB3041 , HB3673 , HB4105 , HB3338 , HB3048 , SR33 , SCR21 , SCR20 , HB4030 , HB4031 , HB4032 , HB4034 , HB4036 , HB4037 , HB4038 , HB4040 , HB4041 , HB4042 , HB4043 , HB4045 , HB4046 , HB4047 , HB4048 , HB4044 , HB4050 , HB4051 , HB4052 , HB4053 , HB4054 , HB4056 , HB4057 , HB4071 , HB4065 , HB4067 , HB4072 , HB2992 , HB4338 , HB4170

Keywords: veterans, disability benefits, federal law, Oklahoma Statutes, military service, Oklahoma, Gas Hub, artificial intelligence, national laboratory, public-private partnerships, aerospace, high-performance computing, economic development, social AI companions, minors, emotional attachment, safety protocols, civil penalties, parental controls, geographic information

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• We pray for the opportunity to work together on bills that will impact the people of this state in a
• And then when it comes to that, I'm sure there's a fiscal impact on that.
• Speaker, gentlemen, yes: cost of inflation, cost of construction, general costs.
• Speaker, gentlemen, that information would go through the normal university budgets and has no impact
• But it is really stressed in this House, we are No impact on this bill, but it is really stressed in

Bills: HB111 , HJR1 , HB61 , HB8 , HB30 , HB43 , HB156 , HJM2 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB70 , SB3 , HJM3

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• And keep in mind, we have had inflation, of course, along the way, so these numbers do change.
• So it's meaningful, it's impactful, and the feedback we get from homeowners is very appreciative.
• Because, yeah, for some, it definitely impacts their cash flow.
• Commissioner Crouches did a nice job of talking about how much money impacts that is.
• Others of them just said, you know, just consider increasing it or using an inflation-adjusted limit

Committee: Joint Tax Reform and Relief Advisory Committee

Summary: The committee met to receive updates from the Tax Commissioner’s office on property tax relief programs and related compliance work. Commissioner Brian Croshys reviewed the Homestead Property Tax Credit, Disabled Veteran Credit, and Primary Residence Credit, noting that the Homestead program expanded significantly after HB 1158, that some households are “adjusting out” of eligibility as incomes rise, and that the committee may want to consider indexing income thresholds. Members asked for additional data on bracket breakdowns, possible costs of eliminating income limits for seniors, and how many households are zeroed out by the combined programs. Croshys also discussed the simpler administration of the disabled veteran credit, the growth in participation, and the heavy workload and auditing safeguards built into the new primary residence credit system. He said the department found no material compliance findings and that the program is designed to be digital-first, with county auditors and the Tax Commissioner’s office both involved in review and notification. The committee recessed for lunch and later reconvened, with the chair noting that more detailed PRC information would likely be available at a September meeting. Shelly Myers then presented the statewide property tax increase, or “zero growth,” report and the 2025 statistical report. She explained how county auditors report levy and valuation data, how increases and decreases are counted, and which jurisdictions showed the largest percentage changes in countywide, citywide, school district, and park district levies. In the statistical report, she summarized recent trends in assessed values: agricultural values remained relatively flat, while residential, commercial, and centrally assessed property values increased over the past five years. She also reviewed statewide tax levies by property class and clarified that centrally assessed growth figures were annual averages. Members discussed how shifts in land use and annexation can make it appear that tax burdens are moving from ag to residential/commercial property. Myers then summarized the interim study on the 3% levy limitation under HB 1176, saying most counties complied without budget changes, while some used hiring freezes, deferred purchases, or reserve funds; 23% of counties had to reduce levies, and the affected funds were mainly general, road and bridge, and weed control. She said 12 counties reported zero new growth in the data and that 35 counties reported not using all of their cap. The committee also received an oil tax presentation from Croshys on the stripper well extraction tax exemption. He outlined the number of active stripper wells, the production and revenue implications of the exemption, and projections for future biennia under different tax scenarios. He said the exemption represents substantial savings to operators but also corresponds to production tax revenue that would otherwise be collected, and he emphasized that future outcomes depend on oil prices, well counts, and technology such as CO2 enhanced oil recovery. Nathan Anderson of the Department of Mineral Resources briefly answered a question about why Red River wells have a different production threshold than Bakken wells, explaining it was tied to completion costs and lateral length. The committee then heard from Charlie Gorecki of the EERC, who presented an analysis of typical Bakken well decline curves and argued that most oil is produced before a well reaches stripper status, but that keeping wells open and investing in refracturing or other interventions can recover additional production. No votes were taken during this portion of the meeting; the main actions were receiving reports, asking for follow-up data, and scheduling further discussion for a later meeting.

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• to its delivery and sustainability, its capacity in both rural and urban areas, and the financial impact
• And the financial impact of uncompensated care on emergency medicine providers.
• , and organizations regarding this and how the impact to the HURF will come about.
• , and organizations regarding this and how the impact to the HIRF will come about.
• Anybody to be able to invest some gold as a hedge against inflation. Thank you.

Summary: The meeting covered a long series of bills, mostly in health, education, commerce, federalism, and government. In health, members discussed radiology technology updates (HB 2050), a tribal Medicaid waiver/drawdown measure with no state cost (HB 2177), an emergency medicine study committee (HB 2183), fetal death certificate and remains-transfer requirements (HB 2184), a physician assistant licensure compact (HB 2190), dementia care telemonitoring funding (HB 2202), SNAP error-rate reduction and fraud/eligibility oversight bills (HB 2206, HB 2442, HB 2797), child welfare protections like credit freezes and recorded interviews (HB 2321, HB 2322), and podiatric licensure compacts (HB 2438). Several of these were described as consent-calendar items, while HB 2206 and the SNAP-related measures drew discussion about fraud reduction, administrative burden, and work requirements. In commerce and finance, the committee heard bills on mobile food vendors and local permits (HB 2118), earned wage access services with fee caps and disclosure rules (HB 2309), CPA licensure changes (HB 2476), cash acceptance for retail purchases under $100 (HB 2555), drone delivery and unmanned aircraft guardrails (HB 2875), timeshare salesperson licensing (HB 2877), and a prohibition on state-mandated social credit scoring in lending decisions (HB 2903). The tax and retirement-related items included 529 plan conformity and Roth IRA transfer rules (HB 2477), annual tax conformity to the Internal Revenue Code (HB 2785), ASRS technical and disability-related changes (HB 2089, HB 2090, HB 2092), and a bill on employee health insurance definitions (HB 2089). The Arizona Commerce Authority bill (HB 2754) would add legislative members to the board and shift more control over trade offices and Arizona Competes Fund spending to the legislature. The education section focused heavily on school governance and finance. Bills included patriotic youth group presentations in schools (HB 2312), school board term limits (HB 2318), mandatory training for governing board members (HB 2379), independent municipal advisors for bond elections (HB 2320), restrictions on districts buying operating charter/private school sites to game enrollment formulas (HB 2376), conflict-of-interest limits for school facilities board architects and engineers (HB 2378), public meeting and travel transparency rules for districts (HB 2380), limits on long-term school property leases and reporting requirements (HB 2384), tighter bidding rules for school construction job orders using Building Renewal Grant funds (HB 2482), and a voluntary computer science proficiency seal (HB 2764). Sponsors repeatedly framed these as transparency, accountability, and anti-abuse measures, while some opposition centered on local flexibility, housing use, and existing training providers. In federalism and government, the committee heard bills to give counties more time to mail sample ballots (HB 2006), require courts to identify veterans at first appearance for possible veterans court referral (HB 2226), study veterans’ awareness of benefits (HB 2406), broaden military leave protections (HB 2663), require SAVE verification for voter registration and certain state services (HB 2806), require U.S.-sourced voting machine components by 2029 (HB 2901), affirm the Electoral College (HB 2902), and establish due process protections for justice of the peace courts against outside administrative action (HB 2976). Government committee items included a later deadline for library trustees’ annual reports (HB 2129), a two-year limit on certain adult protective services reports to the Attorney General (HB 2228), and an exemption for public and semi-public cold plunges from ADEQ spa rules (HB 2439). Several bills were reported as consent-calendar items, and a number of sponsors noted committee votes, fiscal neutrality, or favorable testimony in support of the measures.

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• courses created by the House bill, and these two courses were Introduction to Education and High-Impact
• have to take if they do not take the Introduction to Education and Classroom Management and High-Impact
• Things that inflate those costs significantly. I get that.
• Last summer it was the West Coast; next summer it may be a different part of the state that may impact
• And because of how our county had structured our ordinance, there were concerns about the impact the

Summary: The House took up a series of Senate messages and concurred in several amendments before passing multiple bills. Early actions included unanimous passage of CS/CS/HB 1299 on Department of Health matters, CS/HB 1549 on financial institutions after removing a Senate-added trust-account provision, and CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign ties in business ownership after trimming registration requirements. The chamber also insisted on its housing amendment to CS/CS/CS/SB 184 after the Senate refused to concur. A major portion of the meeting focused on CS/CS/HB 875 on educator preparation. The House adopted an amendment restoring two teacher-prep courses, preserving the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College in partnership with USF, and modifying the teacher candidate testing framework and mentor qualifications. Supporters said it reduced barriers while keeping standards; opponents raised concerns about the remaining “identity politics” language and other provisions. The bill then passed 91-22. The House also passed HB 1101 on out-of-network providers after adopting a House amendment that kept the original bill’s notice and referral provisions with a good-cause exemption, despite objections that it placed too much responsibility on doctors. Later, the chamber approved CS/CS/SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response, with members highlighting debris management, emergency planning, crane safety, and hurricane recovery provisions; it passed unanimously. The House then rejected concurrence in a Senate amendment to HB 1609 on waste incineration, and later spent substantial time debating CS/CS/HB 1115 on education, especially Schools of Hope, expanded co-location authority, funding, transportation, and school-district agreement terms. Critics argued the language was added late and could disadvantage traditional public schools, while supporters said it would expand options for students; the debate continued with the bill still under consideration at the end of the excerpt.

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• So trying to understand the impact to the bill.
• You know it, everybody that, you know, knows somebody who is impacted by this.
• As you heard, it will be impacting parents who are undocumented. People are not illegal.
• That means inflation, inflation is up 2%. It's it's too aggressive.
• When we talk about when you're speaking about the the economic impact and I thank you for bringing up

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• We sometimes hear claims that an ADU will impact property values of neighboring homes.
• </c><00:17:03.959><c> property</c> claims that an Adu will impact property claims that an Adu will impact
• , but from our perspective it also really impacts wildlife and fish.
• </c> perspective it also really impacts perspective it also really impacts Wildlife<03:44:30.399><c>
• </c> that this proposed Bill may only impact that this proposed Bill may only impact 18<04:27:52.720>

Committee: House Housing

Summary: The House Housing Committee heard testimony on HB 577, a bill to expand accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in New Hampshire. The sponsor and supporters described the state’s housing shortage and argued the bill would make it easier for property owners to build ADUs by right, up to 950 square feet, either attached or detached, while still requiring compliance with building codes, septic/water limits, and other local requirements. Supporters said the measure would help seniors age in place, provide housing for young adults, caregivers, and workers, and make better use of existing property such as garages and barns. Representative Reed raised concern that removing language related to short-term rentals could allow ADUs to be used for that purpose rather than long-term housing. The sponsor said he was open to clarifying language on short-term rentals, and another witness explained that current law already allows municipalities some choice on ingress/egress requirements, while the bill would standardize that and leave the design choice to the property owner. Several supportive witnesses followed, including the New Hampshire Home Builders Association, the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, the Business and Industry Association, AARP, Housing Action New Hampshire, 603 Forward, and New Hampshire Youth Movement. They emphasized affordability, property rights, workforce housing, intergenerational living, and the need for statewide consistency. A Derry resident testified that his existing garage space could be converted into an ADU under HB 577, but current local rules prevent that because it is detached; he said the bill would let him rent it affordably. Supporters also argued that ADUs can increase property values and help homeowners cover mortgages and taxes. In opposition, the New Hampshire Municipal Association said the bill would impose a local zoning mandate, could add density pressure on already stressed infrastructure, and did not guarantee that new units would be affordable or workforce housing. No vote or final committee action was taken in the excerpt.

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• Struggle to track the full financial picture of the taxing entities that impact their communities.
• and the specific ballot language used for bond proposals, as well as the projected and actual tax impact
• I am the senior state manager for government relations at Heartland Impact.
• You registered representing Heartland Impact? Yes, sir. What is that? We are Heartland Impact.
• So that would impact our ability to provide the Medicaid offset for the state in our nursing home.

Bills: HB 103 , HB 1256 , HB1587 , HB1632 , HB2027 , HB2525 , HJR88 , HJR138 , HB103

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: taxing unit, bond database, local government, transparency, civil penalty, education reform, funding allocation, school infrastructure, teacher recruitment, student achievement, tax exemption, water conservation, graywater systems, rainwater harvesting, ad valorem taxation, county commissioners, HB 1587, Texas sales tax holiday, back-to-school tax holiday, clothing tax exemption

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• <00:47:26.160><c> in</c><00:47:26.400><c> terms</c><00:47:26.560><c> of</c><00:47:26.720><c> inflation
• </c><00:47:27.119><c> on</c> impact in terms of inflation on impact in terms of inflation on construction
• </c> project um while maximizing the impact project um while maximizing the impact of<00:57:23.440><c
• Even small amounts of lead can have serious health impacts on humans and pose especially strong risks
• health impacts on humans and<01:35:33.760><c> pose</c><01:35:34.000><c> especially</c><01:35:34.480>

Committee: House Capital Investment

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• over licensure, and that principle is maintained in Senate File 757 because that exclusivity will impact
• Families are dealing with enough financial issues due to inflation already.
• </c> financial issues due to inflation financial issues due to inflation already<00:13:57.800><c> I</
• </c> close and the jobs and economic impact close and the jobs and economic impact of<00:15:38.079><c
• Decisions like this impact spouses, children, grandchildren, and, in my case, parishioners, employees

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

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• </c><03:32:18.160><c> on</c> detriment um and had a real impact on detriment um and had a real impact
• </c> the infrastructure bill and inflation the infrastructure bill and inflation reduction<03:39:45.920
• </c> Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction<03:43:19.520
• </c> around the world and analyze the impact around the world and analyze the impact on<03:55:52.319>
• And the impact is real.

Bills: HR1286 , HR1263 , HB1578 , HR1364 , HB2201 , HB1823 , HB1815 , HR1147 , HR217 , HB1701 , HB1453 , HR1223

Keywords: trade policy, tariffs, trade enforcement, workers rights, labor standards, environmental standards, Buy America, domestic content, offshoring, manufacturing jobs, factory closures, family farmers, small business, supply chains, dumping, countervailing duties, antidumping, trade agreements, USMCA, investor-state dispute settlement

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• Since my retirement, my disability pension has not been, has not kept pace with inflation, and...
• My disability pension has not been, has not kept pace with inflation or the runaway economy, as I mentioned

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Service

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Service held its fifth hearing of the 194th General Court on disability, line-of-duty, and health presumption bills. Committee members noted the hearing was livestreamed and accepted written testimony through June 16, 2025. The first panel, including the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, strongly supported H.2845, which would require restoration of sick, vacation, or personal time used while an injured officer or firefighter awaits a Chapter 41, Section 11F determination if the injury is later found work-related. Testimony said the current process often forces injured personnel to litigate to recover accrued time, and members described the bill as a fairness measure with no fiscal cost. Committee members asked about prior consideration and municipal positions, and one member shared a personal experience with a similar loss of accrued time. A second major panel from the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts and sponsoring legislators supported several firefighter-related bills: H.2918/S.1792 on mandatory insurance coverage for firefighter cancer screenings; H.2962/S.1818 on Commonwealth fire department parity for military-base and Massport firefighters, including injury coverage and presumptions; and H.2860/S.1851 on maintaining physical examination records. Testimony emphasized the high cancer risk in the fire service, the importance of early detection, and the need to extend municipal-level protections to state and Massport firefighters. Committee members expressed strong support, discussed PFAS-related gear replacement and funding, and noted that similar bills have been before the committee for multiple sessions. The committee also heard H.4147, a retirement-related bill for a MassDOT employee seeking to transfer approximately five years of MBTA retirement contributions into the state system as a service buyback. The bill was described as having been filed in 2017 and reported favorably last session, but it stalled in Senate Ways and Means. Finally, Howard Levine testified remotely in support of a correctional officer disability pension bill, describing severe injuries from a 1990 inmate assault, multiple surgeries, early retirement, and a request to increase his pension to reflect a current lieutenant’s salary. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the meeting adjourned after testimony concluded.

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• </c><01:57:32.840><c> protection</c> the first is ad hoc inflation protection the first is ad hoc inflation
• </c><02:01:54.159><c> on</c> payments have a significant impact on payments have a significant impact
• There were 14 bills introduced that would impact NHRS. Three of them were enacted into law.
• There were 14 bills introduced that would impact NHRS. Three of them were enacted into law.

Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented an overview of its budget and operations, emphasizing that it is the lowest-spending agency in state government and that its general fund allocation has declined since 2019. Commissioner Arling House explained that DAS also handles back-office functions for several administratively attached boards, which has affected staffing and spending comparisons. He said the department’s current general fund spending is roughly split between retiree health and other operations, and that the presentation was based on adjusted authorized spending rather than the original budget figures. A major portion of the meeting focused on retiree health benefits and the long-term effort to control costs. Deputy Commissioner Cassie Keane described how the state moved from a projected deficit in retiree health to savings through a series of changes, including higher premium contributions, co-pay adjustments, and shifting Medicare retirees into Medicare Advantage arrangements to capture federal reimbursement. She said the state has about 12,500 retirees and spouses on the plan, with roughly 10,906 Medicare retirees and 1,580 non-Medicare retirees, and that the savings have depended heavily on federal funding and procurement decisions. She also noted that Medicare retirees pay Part B premiums and that the state has grandfathered older retirees from some premium contributions. Members asked about what the expenditures cover, why the state offers retiree health instead of simply giving retirees a payment to buy coverage themselves, and whether out-of-pocket costs changed under Medicare Advantage. Keane said the plan covers actual health claims or insurance premiums, that co-pays and maximum out-of-pocket limits remain in place, and that the state has no authority to change benefit details without legislative action. She explained that retiree health is a long-standing employee benefit that wraps around Medicare and is not collectively bargained in the usual sense, though its eligibility rules and cost-sharing have been tightened over time to better target the benefit to long-term state service. The discussion also covered vendor performance problems. Keane said Anthem recently won the contract back from Aetna, but its pharmacy subsidiary, Caroline, caused serious service disruptions. DAS responded by withholding payments, assessing more than $2 million in performance guarantees, and hiring a third-party auditor to review the pharmacy processes. The current contract runs through the end of calendar year 2026, and officials said they are watching federal Medicare Advantage reimbursement changes closely because future savings are uncertain.